Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2188, Stephen Dunwell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dunwell, Stephen
S. 2188
carded.
CONTENTS

No 512 New York Stephen Durrell
of Phelps in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Elderkin of the Regt commanded by Col Christ in the Connecticut line for Three years -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept 1832 and sent to the Pension a. Phelps N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 40
1,60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Vol.
5
Page
80
R. A. A.
Clerk,

Dec. 5. 1833 transfer to Ohio, Pitsb G - from 4 Sept
1833 - certif. sent to E. F. Phelps, Chardon, Geauga County - Ohio same day
see let. to May 2 nd 34 sent dup: certif. of transfer to the J. H. Simpson: pension Agts.
May 1 st 1834 sent dup: certif. of transfer to Pen: agt at Pittsburg - Penna.
May 3 d 1834 see letter. to E. F. Phelps - Chardon Ohio
Photocopy to Agent N. York 11 Oct 33

Dec. 5. 1833 transfer to Ohio, Pott. Co. - from 4 Sept 1833 - certif. sent to E. F. Phelps, Chardon, Geauga County - Ohio same day - see let to  May 2 nd 34 sent dup.  certif. of transfer to the  J. H. Simpson: pension  Agts. - May 1 st 1834 sent dup: certif. of transfer to Pen. agt at Pittsburgh - Penna. May 3 rd 1834 see letter. to E. F. Phelps - Chardon Ohio
Reported to Agent H. Scott 11 Oct 33

1856 Wm O Taylor Bedford Ohio. 26th
Rs Blay
Ohio 1852 Dumville

Bedford Ohio Feb 2 d 1856
Sir
I have been consulted in regard to a claim for pension for a widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner who outlived him two years, he had $80. a year, he died Oct 1840 & his widow Nov 1842, married in Conn about 1780, the heirs or some of them reside near here, I have not fully secured the claim but agreed to write & learn what the chance was, I think I can secure the business & will attend to it here & divide the fee with you, the heirs do not want to advance any fee but are willing to pay if we get the pension, I have never prepared pension papers, that you will do, if we get thus far Stephen Linnell was the Pensioner & Deborah Linnell whose name before marriage was Witter was the Widow the Pension was paid at Chardon O. perhaps through the Pittsburgh agency at the time of his death.
Perhaps I may find more business for you. Found E. Wade refers me to you.
Respectfully yours
J. G. Kepley Esq. Washington D. C.
Wm O Taylor

J. B. [unclear]
$419 d. 0.8
not entitled
March 1891

State of New York
Wayne county 3 rd : On this sixteenth day of March 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, being a court of Oyer & Terminer and gaol Delivery, the same being a court of record, holden in and for the said county of Wayne. Stephen Dunwell resident in said county aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said Stephen Dunwell enlisted for the term of three years, on or about the last day of March in the year 1777 in the state of Connecticut, in the company commanded by Captain Willard Converse in the Regiment commanded by Col Herman Swift in the line of the state of Connecticut on the three years continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until March 1780 when he was discharged from the service at Springfield in the state of New Jersey; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name has been placed on the pension list; that the number of his pension certificate is 14655. and that the reasons why he did not sooner exhibit a schedule of his property was on account of his being absent from this state, about three hundred miles from home at the time the act of Congress of the first of May 1820 took place, and not having his certificate and other means of making a schedule, he could not at that time exhibit a schedule as required by said act, and that he afterwards learned that others who had drawn a pension under the act of 18 March 1818 possessing no more property than himself, and not have their pensions continued on exhibiting a schedule of their property, he therefore considered it unnecessary for him to apply at that time
Stephen Dunwell
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring

Myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz
  About 28 Acres of Land Worth $560 00   1 horse 35 00   1 Cow 12 00   5 Sheep 5 00   3 hogs 7 00   619 00 
I am now owing the following sums viz
  To Fanny Catling - 1.75   " Walter Jones 1.63   " Doct Williams 10 00   " James P. Bartle 16 00   " J. Kille 3 00   " H. Bannister 3 00   " D. & B. Batten 2 00   " J. Cuyler 6 00   " J. McDowell 4 50   " M c Snow 1 00   " Saml. A. Duncwell 144 11   " Asa Forbush 8.00   200 99 
That since the eighteenth day of March 1818 some changes have taken place in my property the land I was then, and am now possessed of has been sold and the same conveyed to me again and I am now possessed of about the same amount of property that I was on the said 18th March 1818: My family consists of Myself and Wife: My health is and has been for some years pasted, very poor, and I am now unable to attend to business and have but little reason to expect ever to be again; My occupation was that of

Occupation was that of a farmer,
Stephen Dunwell
I, John Barber Jr Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer and Gaol delivery aforesaid, and of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Wayne, do certify that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Stephen Dunwell did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of Nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I Also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is as above stated
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this twenty sixth day of March 1829
John Barber Jr Clerk of Wayne County Court

J. L. Edwards Esq o
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Returns to be directed to E. F. Phelps, or to Stephen Dunwell, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio

The State of Ohio } Geauga County } On this sixteenth day of November A.D. 1833 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Geauga, personally appeared Stephen Dunwell, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Willard Converse in the regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift in the service of the United States; That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York and his certificate bears date September 30 th 1832. That he has lately removed from the County of Wayne in the State of New York to the town of Solon in the County of Cuyahoga in the state of Ohio, where he now resides (Pittsburgh agency) and intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future and that his reasons for removing to the state of Ohio, were that he had children residing in the place where he now lives with whom he wished to spend his remaining days. Sworn and subscribed to the day & year aforesaid before me } Stephen Dunwell Austin Canfield Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio } Geauga County } I Erastus Orary of Kirtland in the County and State aforesaid, on my oath do declare that I am well acquainted with Stephen Dunwell named in the foregoing affidavit whom I know to be the identical per- -son therein described Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day } Erastus Orary of November A.D. 1833 by the said Erastus Orary (whom I hereby certify to be a person of truth & veracity) before me } Austin Canfield Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Geauga County ss
I, H. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify, that Austin Canfield Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Stephen Dunning, and Charles Orary appear to have been this day taken, and whose signatures, in his own proper hand writing are affixed to the certificates thereof, is a justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and sworn according to Law.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at Chardon, this 16th day of November A.D. 1833.
H. D. Aiken, Clerk.

FREE
for
War Department Pension Office (Care of E. Edwards Esq) Washington City

State of New York Ontario County ss On this twentyfirst day of July 1832 before me Thomas Smith One of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Ontario, personally appeared Stephen Darrow who on his oath deposes and says, he is the same person, who was formerly on the Pension List Roll of the State of New York, by virtue of the Act of 18th March 1828 and was struck from the same on account of property. As will be more plainly seen by the enclosed Certificate, and and letter from J. L. Edwards dated May 15th 1829 - That he is then entitled to a Pension under the Act of 7th of June 1832 on account of services rendered the Revolutionary War - That he entered service in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777 a private in the Company then commanded by Lieutenant Charles Miles, in Colonel Smith's Regiment of Continental Troops in the Continental line, and served three years in said line - That he was in the engagement at Fort Montgomery in the year 1777 - After that was in the Battle at Stoney Point, at the time at the time the Americans defeated the enemy - After that was engaged in the Battle at Mount Hope 1778 That he is now seventy years of age - That he now resides in the town of Phelps, in the County of Ontario and State of New York and resided here at the time he made his first application for a pension from the State of New York.
Given and Subscribed before me the day and year above written
Stephen Darrow
Thomas Smith a commissioner of deeds
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas Smith, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate of Affidavit, and be- fore whom said affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace, and also a Commissioner of Deeds, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the above signature "Thomas Smith" to be the proper hand and signature of him the said Thomas.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of Office, at Canandaigua, this first day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
Charles Crane

Mr J. L. Edwards
Phelps Ontario Co. N.Y. Aug. 13 th 1832
Enclosed is an Application from Stephen Lawrence for a new Pension Certificate, which if you find his Claim Correct, you can send him for him to send to this office
Respectfully V. O. H. Scott David M c Neil

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MOS/ILL
July 23, 1930
Mrs. Harry Chamberlain 486 West First Street Spencer, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2188, that Stephen Dunwell enlisted at Preston, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as a private in Captains Vine Elderkin's and Converse's Companies in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment; he was in the battles of Fort Montgomery, Monmouth and Stony Point.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age and was living in Phelps, Ontario County, New York.
In 1833, he was living in Solon, Ohio.
He died November 21, 1840.
He married about 1780 in Connecticut Deborah Witter. She died in November, 1842.
They had children residing in Solon, Cayuhoga County, Ohio, in 1833, but their names are not given.
This is the history of the only soldier named Stephen Dunwell found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev War
2188
INVALID.
File No. 2188.
Stephen Dusenwell,
Print Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1906 Jan 17. History to E. D.
Richmond.
M.B.H.
1911 Mch. 4. To Mrs. Chas. A. Reed p.
1913. Dec 13. Hist to Mrs. Carl H.
Berick.
M.B.H.
1928. Sept. 29. Hist to Mrs. Charles E. Barker
m.c.s.
1930. July 23. Hist to
Mrs. Harry Chamberlain
m.c.s.
1937. Aug. 17. Hist. to Miss Ralph Landa.
m.c.s.
1940 Apr. 8. Hist. to Mr. S. H. Zimmerman. See letter in Misc. File
m.c.s.

14.655 New York.
Stephen Samuel
of Phelps in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Knapp of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10.00 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Sept 1819 and sent to Stephen Samuel Cananadagua NY.
Arrears to 4th of July 1819. $128.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1820 48.00
13 mo 30 d 30 161.80
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Notification sent to John Barba Jr Lyons, Md. 15 May 1829
see letter of March 1827 to C. Hickey.
Mr. H. H. H.
Miss H. H. H.

See letter 16 March 1827 to C. Hicox.
Notification sent to John Barbauld (Lyons, W.I.) 15 May 1829
W. S. G. [unintelligible] M r H. H. [unintelligible]

See letter 16 March 1827 to C. Hicox.
W. S. Calyhauna
Wm. Roberts
15 May 1829
Respectfully yours John Barbour

Stephen Deane
payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in the City of New York at the U. S. Branch B h e
Recorded

Proceedings in the case of - Stephen Dimewell
On the
Stephen Dimewell the within named Applicant requests his certificates or papers may be forwarded to my Gen General
July 21 st 1819
Stephen Phelps

State of New York Ontario County
I William Rogers one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid —
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Stephen Dunwell did serve in the volun- tary war, against the common enemy as State in the preceding declaration for the term of Nine months, on the Continental establishment, and from good information which I believe is in Reduced Circumstances, and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and I now transmit the testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid act of Congress
Palmyra May 2 nd 1810.
Wm Rogers
State of New York Ontario County Clerks office
In Testimony that William Rogers whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canan- daigua this 24 th day of June A.D. 1818
Th. McNair Clerk

State of New York Brants County
On the second day of May one Thousand and eight hundred and Eighteen
Before me William Prager one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid - Personally Appears Stephen Duns well aged Fifty Six years, a resident in the town of Phelps in the state of New York - who being by me duly affirmed according to Law . doth, on his solemn affirmation make the following declaration - in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress - entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That the said Stephen Duns well enlisted in the town of Preston in the state of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Vine Eldrakin - Colonel Herman Swift's Regiment General Jedediah Huntington's Brigade - in the month of April in the year 1777. and that he continued to serve in that Corps untill untill the first of March 1780. one month being allowed him to return home and was discharged at Springfield in the state of New Jersey. on the above said time of March 1780.
was in the Battle at Fort Gomeroy - and at Stony Point also at Monmouth - and that he is in Reduced Circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Stephen Duns well
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 nd day of May A.D. 1818 before me
Wm Prager
1777 - 3 years 2. May 1818
Col. Smith's Regt. Brigade
Stephen Duns well

State of New York Ontario County ss
On this the tenth day of July 1819. came before me William Rogers a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid the above named Stephen Darnwell who being by me duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he served in the Connecticut Line in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war as above mention- ed and further saith that
Sworn to and subscribed this the 10 th day of July 1819 before me
Stephen Darnwell
W. Rogers
State of New York, Ontario County, ss Clerk's Office
In testimony that William Rogers whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe
My name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 10 th day of July 1819
Thos M c Nair Clerk

Rec d Feb. 13. 1827.
Yours Affec t
1 May 1820
Stephen D. D. W. N.Y.
From Mr. [?] Jan 30 [?]
Cyrus Becox, Lyons, N.Y.
to William [?] Secretary of War of Washington

Rec d Feb. 13. 1827.
Yrs affec
1 May 1820
Stephen D. Darrow, N.Y.
Cyrus Becox, Lyons, N.Y.
of Washington
Secretary of War
William H. Clegg
James M. [?] Jan 30
frt

Lyons 31 Dec 1827
J. C. Calhoun Esq.
Dear Sir
I here with send you the paper made out by Stephen Durrill a Revolutionary Pensioner of the New York agency but has not drawn any money since the law was passed requiring this formal Schedule and oath to be made as you will see by his affidavit on account of his absence from this State he therefore wishes you to place his name on the Pension Roll anew and if consistent permit him to draw the arrearages since the law was passed
I can say to you Sir that Mr. Stephen Durrill is a poor needy sober good man and is worthy if any man is to draw a pension therefore I hope and trust you will send him a new Warrant to my care
I am yours with much Esteem
Cyrus Stear

April 25. 1834.
Mr Stewart,
Free
J. B. Co. Canals Dept.
Commissaire d'Exploration
Washington
D. C.

April 25. 1834
Mr. Stewart
Free
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Chardon, O. Ap. 18- 1834
J. S. Edwards Esq re
Sir, Stephen Dunwell, a pensioner, was transferred last fall from the New York to the Pittsburgh agency, as appears by a regular notice of his transfer from the Pension Office, directed to my care - dated Dec r 5. 1833. He has sent his power of Atty to Pittsburgh this spring, but the agent there would not pay it, because his name is not on his list - He told you please to direct him to pay the same as soon as convenient  Yours obedient Servt
E. H. Phelps

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Stephen H. Munwell — late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Second day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty first day of Decr one thousand eight
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Addison Darnell Received of Stephen Farnsworth game the 28 1832 $2.00

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
May 15, 1829.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Stephen Dunwell Care of John Barber Jr. Esq. Lyons, N. Y.

Dept. of Interior -
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
I am very anxious to learn more of the Revolutionary Service Record of Stephen Dunwell , who served in the war three years, enlisting from Connecticut.
His claim for pension was allowed in 1818, he resided in Phelps, Ontario Co., N.Y. at that time.
Is there further information you could give me?
Sincerely -
Mrs. Ralph Landa,
Alliance,
Nebraska

MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
1064527
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pentwater, Mich., October 20, 1905.
Stephen Dunwell, Rev. U.S.A.
E. D. Richmond requests record of above named.

Address: "The Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D. C."
1064527 WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, October 24, 1905.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. E. D. Richmond, c/o Gardner T. Sands, Banker, Pentwater, Michigan.
The name Stephen Dunwell has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of Massachusetts or Continental troops in service during the Revolutionary war.
The collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
If the person referred to within was a pensioner it is probable that his full military history can be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars in which this country has been engaged.
A handwritten signature in cursive, likely that of the Military Secretary at the time.
The Military Secretary.

• GARDNER T. SANDS, • BANKER.
E. D. RICHMOND, Cashier.
Pentwater, Mich.,
OCT 20 1905
War Department USA Washington D.C.
I wish to get some information in regard to a person by the name of Stephen Dinnwell who served in the War of the Revolution from the State of Massachusetts I think he enlisted from some place near Boston but cannot say. He lived in Berkshire Co somewhere about 1804 Can you give me any information in regard to his Co & Regiment I think he was a prisoner later in the party I wish to get the information for so that I can establish a record to form the Daughters of the Revolution
Yours &c E. D. Richmond

• GARDNER T. SANDS, • BANKER.
Pentwater, Mich., 12/29/05
Hon. William of Penn Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir
The enclosed letter to the war dept & their reply will explain what. I wish to find out will you kindly give me what information you can on the subject which will be thankfully Received
Yrs E. D. Richmond Pentwater Lock Box # 3, Mich

G F R
Hotel Schuyler 57 West 45 th St New York Feb 26 th 1891
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Will you please send a copy of the record of Stephen Dunnell who enlisted in the Revolutionary War

in March - 1777 - serving as a private I believe three years.
I am a Great Grand daughter of Paul Stephen Drumell, and hope for an early reply to my request - If there are any charges - kindly notify me -
Yours truly Cora Tanner Reed (Mrs Charles Allen Reed)

215 W 4th St Marion Ind. Dec. 5-1913-
Pension Office, War Dept. Washington D.C. Dear Sirs:
Can you kindly give me in- formation concerning Stephen Durnwell, born in Rhode Island April 11, 1762, died Nov. 21, 1840, in Michigan supposed to have entered

the army from Conn. We know that he served three years in the Revolutionary War, and received a Pension, and what we wish is definite information to that effect from the Pension Dept.
Very Resp'y Mrs. Carl H. Perick 215 W 4th St Marion Indiana

CHARLES E. BARKER
P. O. BOX 378 CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Charlotte, N.C., July 30, 1928.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I am a pensioner of the Civil War. Am anxious to verify the fact that my husband's great grandfather, Stephen Dunwell , Jr., of New York State, was a pensioner of the War of 1812. Also, that his Father, Stephen Dunwell, Sr., was a Captain under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War .
Will you kindly send me any data you have in your records concerning them, or advise me how I can verify these facts.
Yours truly,
Harriet E. Barker. (Mrs. Charles Rollin Barker) Pension No. 795449.
Harriet E. Barker

CHARLES E. BARKER P. O. BOX 378 CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Charlotte, N.C., September 25, 1928.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
I wish that you would kindly refer to my letter of July 30th, which reads as follows:
" I am a pensioner of the Civil War. Am anxious to verify the fact that my husband's grandfather, Stephen Dunwell, Jr., of New York State, was a pensioner of the War of 1812. Also, that his father, Stephen Dunwell, Sr., was a Captain under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly give me any data you have in your records concerning them, or advise me how I can verify these facts. "
I have not received a reply to this letter, and would appreciate very much an early answer to my inquiry.
Very truly yours,
Harriet E. Barker, (Mrs. Charles Rollin Barker) Pension No. 795449.
Harriet E. Barker
Address: Post Office Box #378, Charlotte, N.C.

Spencer, Iowa, June 13, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me a copy of the service record of Stephen Dunwell, who served in the Revolutionary war from Connecticut? His name appears in a list of pensioners from Conn. and is numbered S-2188. At the time of his application for pension, May 1818, he lived at Phelps, Ontario Co., New York.
I shall appreciate the information.
Very truly yours
Inez E. P. Chamberlain
(Mrs. Harry) Inez E. P. Chamberlain 486 West First Street Spencer, Iowa

764 September 29, 1928
Mrs. Charles E. Barker Charlotte, P.O.Box 378 North Carolina
Madam:
I advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2188, that Stephen Dunwell enlisted at Preston, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as a private in Captains Vine Elderkin's and Converse's Companies in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment; he was in the battles of Fort Montgomery, Monmouth and Stony Point.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age and was living in Phelps, Ontario County, New York.
In 1833 he was living in Solon, Ohio.
He died November 21, 1840.
He married Deborah Witter in Connecticut about 1780. She died in November, 1842.
They had children residing in Solon, Cayuhoga County, Ohio, in 1833, but their names are not given.
This is the only Stephen Dunwell that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

August 17, 1937
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Stephen Dunwell S.2188 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Ralph Landa Alliance Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Stephen Dunwell, a Revolutionary War soldier who applied for pension from Phelps, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.2188, based upon the military service of Stephen Dunwell.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted at Preston, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as private in Captains Vine Elderkin's and Converse's companies in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment; he was in the battles of Fort Montgomery, Monmouth and Stony Point.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age and was living in Phelps, Ontario County, New York.
In 1833 he was living in Solon, Ohio, and stated that he had lately moved there from Wayne County, New York, to live with his children, names not given.
Stephen Dunwell died November 21, 1840.
He married about 1780 in Connecticut, Deborah Witter. She died in November, 1842. In 1829 reference was made to Samuel A. Dunwell, relationship not shown. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
* Conn. Men in Rev. gives Capt. Thos. Converse, so did not give it as William Converse as soldier stated was 2

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Stephen Duncalf , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the War Department required information as contained in his (or his wife's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 2188
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1777 3 years Private Willard Converse Heman Swift. Gonn.  
Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery, Monmouth and Stony Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated Date of application for pension, May 2 1818; his claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Pheps, Ontario Co. N.Y.; Solon Ohio in 1833. Age at date of application, 56 years. Remarks: He died November 21, 1840; He married Deborah Witter? in 1780 in Gonn. She died in November 1842. Children, names not stated, residing in Solon Cayuhoga Co. Ohio in 1833.
Very respectfully, Mr. E. D. Richmond. Lock Box 3. 15507b2m11-01  Scituate  Michigan
Commissioner.

April 8, 1940
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Mr. S. H. Zimmerman 374 Main Street Battle Creek, Michigan
Stephen Dunwell, S. 2188 Robert Purchase, W. 10936 William Zimmerman, R. 11990 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jonathan Birch, Burch or Burtch, born 1740 in Vermont; Stephen Dunwell, born 1762 at Preston or Stonington, Connecticut, married Deborah Witter in 1780, and died at Solon, Ohio, in 1840; Jeremiah Lawrence, born in 1760 in Canaan, Connecticut, son of Captain Nehemiah Lawrence, whose record, also, you desire; Thomas Purchase, born in England in 1742, and of his son, Robert Purchase, born in 1761 in New York, both of whom died at Phelps, New York - Thomas in 1820 and Robert in 1862; William Wire, Jr., born 1750-55, near German Valley, New Jersey, married Elizabeth Schuyler about 1771 and served in the New Jersey troops; William Zimmerman, born December 24, 1754, in the Mohawk Valley near German Flatts, served in Colonel Klock's regiment, under General Herkimer, was at the battle of Oriskany and died April 24, 1830, at Snell's Bush on the Mohawk; also the War of 1812 records of George De Forest or DeVore, who served as an officer in the U. S. Army, and died near West Point, New York; Reuben Lewis, born 1760-65, served under General Hull in Michigan with his son, Silas Lewis who was born about 1795-97, both being in the battle River Raisin which they survived, Reuben dying in Kentucky and Silas being killed by the falling of a tree at Monroe, Michigan, in 1853; Jacob W. Zimmerman, born August 6, 1782, near Saint Johnsville on the Mohawk, supposed to have served in a New York regiment and died near Buffalo, New York, August 28, 1826, and Stephen Dunwell, Jr., born in Connecticut and said to have served in Swift's regiment as lieutenant, in New York State.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office fails to show a claim for pension on file based upon service of any Jonathan Birch or Burch, Jeremiah Lawrence, Nehemiah Lawrence, Thomas Purchase or William Wire.

The War of 1812 pension records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of a Jacob Zimmerman as described; George De Forest or De Vore, Reuben or Silas Lewis, or Stephen Dunwell. All spellings of the various surnames were used in the search of both Revolutionary War and War of 1812 records. Such claims are the source of data furnished by the Veterans Administration in regard to soldiers of both wars.
It is suggested that information relative to the military records of the soldiers in whom you are interested might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The Revolutionary War records of Stephen Dunwell, Robert Purchase and William Zimmerman are furnished you herewith. No charge is made for this service.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

April 8, 1940
Mr. S. H. Zimmerman 374 Main Street Battle Creek, Michigan
BA-J/MCS Stephen Dunwell, S.2188
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.2188, based on the military service of Stephen Dunwell.
The date and place of birth of Stephen Dunwell and the names of his parents are not shown.
Stephen Dunwell enlisted at Preston, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as private in Captains Vine Elderkin's and Converse's companies in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment; he was in the battles of Fort Montgomery, Monmouth and Stony Point.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age and was living in Phelps, Ontario County, New York.
In 1833, he was living in Solon, Ohio, and stated that he had lately moved there from Wayne County, New York, to live with his children, names not stated.
Stephen Dunwell died November 21, 1840.
He married about 1780 in Connecticut, Deborah Witter. She died in November, 1842.
Reference was made to Samuel A. Dunwell in 1829, relationship not shown.
There are no further family data given in the papers of this pension claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator